Asuka plus macbethWebsiteKadokawa Shoten
- Published by Kadokawa Shoten in associate with Animate, a franchised anime & manga shop found throughout Japan. Animate's strength lies in their exclusive goods they sell, but this time they wanted to distribute the new magazine not only at their shops but also ordinary bookstores, so Kadokawa (publisher of Asuka) decided to help with manga artists and circulations.

Beans Ace [seinen/josei]WebsiteWebsiteKadokawa ShotenNotable series: Blood+
- Beans Ace is a magazine that serializes manga (mostly based on novels from The Sneaker and The Beans magazines) that are aimed at young men and young women.

Beth[josei]WebsiteKodansha
- Beth is a josei magazine that's aimed at "Pretty Otaku" and will start serialization in November. It will serialize manga, run columns on anime, games, novels, movies, cosmetic, health and various other information.

Comi-Digi[seinen]
Bi-monthly / 10thWebsiteWebsiteBroccoliJive Ltd
- Comi-Digi (petit-) will be renewed once again. The new name will be Comi-Digi+ (plus), and will be released on April 21 2006. The color pages will contain KogeDonbo's "Kon Kon Kokon." Two chapters of Galaxy Angel 3rd (a total of 72 pages and a cover page) will also appear in this issue.

Comic Alive[seinen]
MonthlyWebsiteMedia Factory
- "From Media Factory comes a new monthly magazine called Comic Alive, the first issue will be released on June 27th 2006. According to Media Factory, it will 'fill you with energy, and make you feel alive!'" Works from the popular light novel series "MF Bunko J" will be "comicized".

Comic Aun[seijin]Hit Shuppansha
- Bishoujo manga magazine for young males that contains broad genre of sci-fi and fantasy in a school setting.

Comic B's-LOG[shoujo]WebsiteWebsiteEnterbrainNotable series: Otometeki Koikakumei Love Revo!!, Boku to Watashi no Jijo Ren'ai, Witchcraft 109.
- A magazine for girls, on 12/14. Comic B's-LOG is a spin-off from the girls' gaming magazine of the same name.

Comic Gum [seinen]
MonthlyWebsiteWani Books
- Taken from Comic Gum site: "Our policies are energy, love, peace and MOE. We continue making books so that you who read our book may become happy and so that the book may become one volume important for you." Serialized manga from this magazine that was adapted to anime: Mahoromatic, Tsukuyomi Moon Phase, Ikkitousen and Amaenaideyo.

Comic High [shounen/shoujo] WebsiteFutabasha
- As described by the publisher and what is written on the cover of Comic High: "Girlish Comics for Boys and Girls".

Comic Valkyrie[bishoujo]
Bi-monthly / 25thWebsiteKill Time Communication
- Aimed at readers of all ages (although there may be questionable content from time to time), and will be sold for 550 yen.

Comic Vanilla [seijin]WebsiteAkane Shinsha
- Written on the cover above the name of the magazine: "The evolved beautiful girl magazine!!"

Comic Yurihime [yuri]
January, April, July, OctoberWebsiteIchijinsha
- Banner: "No boys * Declaration of girl's love restored!!". Succession publication of Yuri-Shimai, a lot of the mangakas will be moving from Yuri Shimai to Yurihime, with some able to continue their series.

Dengeki HP [seinen] WebsiteMedia WorksNotable series: Starship Operators, Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan, Zettai Shounen, Kino no Tabi, Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu, Shakugan no SHANA.
- Serializes novels. Some of the novels from this magazine got adapted into manga in other manga magazines as well as anime. Novels from this magazine that got anime and manga adaptation include: Starship Operators (adaptated into an anime and a manga in Dengeki Daioh magazine), Bokusatsu no Dokuro-chan (adapted into a manga in Dengeki
Gao magazine and an anime), Zettai Shounen (adapted into an anime), Kino no Tabi, Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu.

Jukujo [seijin]WebsiteAkane Shinsha
- Written on the cover: "HOUSEWIFES ECSTASY COMIC". Just like there are seijin (adult men's) manga magazines that are targeted at those with loli fetish, Jukujo is a seijin manga magazine for those with mature women fetish. No, it's not targeted at housewives (don't be fooled by what's written on the cover.) It's a seijin magazine for those that like mature women.

Magazine Zero
Twice a year / spring/fallWebsiteBiblos
- Some shounen-ai

Magical Cute (Magi-Cu) [bishoujo] WebsiteEnterbrain
- Serialized manga from this magazine that was adapted to anime: Bottle Fairy and Petopeto-san (has a novel and a manga in Magical Cute magazine). Its a magazine that has cute moe manga/novels and also ecchi manga thats aimed at male audience.

Manga Life MOMO [seinen]WebsiteTakeshobou
- 4-panel manga magazines aimed at young men. Sensei no Ojikan (cute comedy aimed at young men) is a seinen 4-panel manga serialized in the seinen manga magazine Manga Life MOMO, which later received an anime adaptation.

Nemurenu Yoru no Kimyou na Hanashi [josei]Asahi Sonorama
- Serialized manga: Shin Petshop of Horrors. Petshop of Horrors was adapted to anime and not the new manga Shin Petshop of Horrors. (Petshop of Horrors was published by a different publisher, Ohzora Shuppan, in a different manga magazine).

Pochette [shoujo/josei]WebsiteShogakukan
- Tiny (more of an anthology than a phonebook). Republishes one shots that appeared in Petit, Betsuc, Sho-C, Chee, Judy, etc. on higher quality paper with higher quality ink.

Shounen Ace [shounen]
Monthly / 26thWebsiteKadokawa ShotenNotable series: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Narue no Sekai (The World of Narue), Girls Bravo, Kiddy Grade, Samurai Champloo, Eureka 7, Kannaduki no Miko, Angelic Layer, B'tX, Brain Powered, Keroro Gunso (Sgt. Frog), Vision of Escaflowne, Eden's Bowy, The Melody of Oblivion, Grenadier, Steel Angel Kurumi, Suzumiya Haruhi, Blood+.
- Suzumiya Haruhi novel was adapted to a manga in Shounen Ace magazine, and it will also have anime adaptation. There were two manga of Vision of Escaflowne (one shounen manga and the other shoujo manga), the shounen manga was serialized in the shounen manga magazine Shounen Ace. Blood+ has three different manga thats serialized in three different manga magazines.

Shounen Blood[shounen] WebsiteMOVIDA EntertainmentSOFTBANK Creative
Monthly
- A new shounen magazine Created in April 2006 by MOVIDA Entertainment and SOFTBANK Creative. As the name implies, its theme will be centered around "Nekketsu" (burning passion, or hot-blooded, a common shounen term). Currently the magazine is still accepting submissions of possible serializations, and is claiming that it will "bring to the 10th (current) generation of manga fans series that are cooler and more "Nekketsu" than anything they've ever seen."

Shounen Jump [shounen]
WeeklyWebsiteWebsiteShueishaNotable series: Dragon Ball, Slam Dunk, One Piece, Yu Yu Hakusho, Naruto, City Hunter, Rurouni Kenshin, Saint Seiya.
- Founded in 1968, the most popular magazine in Japan. In 1994, Jump sold an unprecedented 6.2 million copies, though sales have been declining in recent years.

The Beans[josei]
- Serializes novels for young women.

The Sneaker [seinen]WebsiteKadokawa ShotenNotable series: Trinity Blood, Suzumiya Haruhi.
- Serializes novels for young men. Serialized Trinity Blood novel (the manga based on it was serialized in the shoujo magazine Asuka but Trinity Blood novel is a seinen novel unlike the manga which is a shoujo manga)